Another small patch for
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
is available, again updating NovaLogic's
first-person shooter. This patch, described as an "optional update," brings the
game up to version 1.2.0.7 (thanks Frans). The update addresses the following
issues: "Menu freeze after the intro movie" or "'Incompatable' [sic] error
messages."

Oh it's fred all right. He's looking to put a medic squad together so it can be like MASH or something he says. I'm staying away from the game since I don't have the money to upgrade my 1.75 GHz AMD processor.

______________________________________________"When the bomb drops it'll be a bank holidayEverybody happy in their tents and caravansEverybody happy in their ignorance and apathyNo one realizes until the television breaks down..."

______________________________________________"When the bomb drops it'll be a bank holidayEverybody happy in their tents and caravansEverybody happy in their ignorance and apathyNo one realizes until the television breaks down..."

Novalogic spent more time tweaking this game during beta than any other company whose games I've beta'd (30+). Patches came out on a nearly DAILY basis. They'd get the list of bug reports the testers sent in days before, fix then implement the patch. Beleive me, they actually have a QA dept.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I saw fredrickson in-game yesterday. He was doing a little flame-baiting but otherwise acted like a pretty normal chap. As a matter of fact he's a rather good JO player.

at least they bring out the darn patch. look at those fuckers crytek or ubitwat...takes them bloody ages to fix problems.

What would you rather - patches like this that obviously are being pushed out to fix glaring problems with the game on a near-daily basis, or a patch that is going through a proper quality assurance system so when it comes out you at least have some faith that its going to be somewhat stable and useful?

It seems Nova have almost no QA - the last patch came out with the same version number as the patch before it. This patch ships with a typo. Minor issues to be sure, but c'mon - gamers have enough options now and have been reamed enough by game companies that they should be able to differentiate between good software and good software development practices, and the exact opposite.